Heraldry of the church: a handbook for decorators (1911)
Dorling, E. E. (Edward Earle) · London : A. R. Mowbray & co., ltd. · leaf 176
d. At sometime in the seventh century he, with thegoodwill of the king of the East Angles,founded a monastery on a lonely piece ofland surrounded by water. This shieldwith its six waved divisions of white andblue may be taken to represent the waterthat was about his dwelling, and thechevron is the… … S. BOTOLPH 166 Heraldry of the Church S. Bridget. February i Siher a himp gules aflame in a vpreath ofoak vert. The white field may be regarded assymbolical of the virgin Abbess of Kildare, the Mary of the Irish, and suggests thewhite garments which she always wore.The oak wreath is emblematical ot…
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